The 👑 "King of Clay" conquers Rome one more time and regains the world number 1 spot! 🎉 @RafaelNadal beats Alexander Zverev 6-1 1-6 6-3 and wins for the 8th time the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 🏆! It's his 56th trophy on clay and his 78th #ATP title: legendary! #ibi18#tennispic.twitter.com/LCz3nFS4nL

Lovely to see that so many other famous athletes took time to acknowledge Rafa’s victory, particularly David Ferrer, Diego and Juan Monaco. Another wonderful achievement , winning title number 8 in Rome.
Rafa used all his skill, strength of mind and character to come back . Difficult to analyse how he lost set number two by so much . Know Zverev upped his standard but Rafa baffles me.
Despite the rain I felt that Rafa would break back.
Time for a little rest and hope he takes off in his wonderful Beethoven and relaxed with the sea and the sky all round him.
Wonderful champion Rafa 😍

I think Rafa is a cross between a super-hero and a magician. How he continues to excell and compete no matter who the oponent, what the adversity or what the deficit, he’s simply remarkable. Each generation breeds a new hero. Before Rafa it was Borg, but Now Rafa is my hero this generation and generations to come. He is by far the ultimate fighter and competitor.

I also want to extend congrats to Alex for his amazing run the past few weeks. He also has a great team around him.

Rafa, enjoy this super-sweet, hard-fought victory with your team, family and friends back home.
You continue to mesmerize us!